Definition of grip

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Grip (v. t.) A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip..

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Gripper :: Gripper (n.) In printing presses, the fingers or nippers..
Oar :: Oar (n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom..
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
Carminative :: Carminative (n.) A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence..
Gripsack :: Gripsack (n.) A traveler's handbag.
Grip :: Grip (n.) The griffin.
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..
Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Griped :: Griped (imp. & p. p.) of Grip.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch..
Grippleness :: Grippleness (n.) The quality of being gripple.
Torminous :: Torminous (a.) Affected with tormina; griping.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
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